Dr Mirella Longo

2026

• Pereira, D. , Longo, M. and McElligott, F. 2026. “It is within the gift of filmmakers and TV producers to educate society on the living that happens for people with life-limiting conditions”: a mixed-method study of health care staff about the portrayal of children and young people with life-limiting conditions in the media. Journal of Palliative Medicine 29 (10), pp.1410-1418. (10.1177/10966218261460946)
• Touray, M. M. L. et al., 2026. AI-driven diagnosis of pneumococcal infections in children—a call for primary-care focused and a coherent evidence base. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence 9 1866941. (10.3389/frai.2026.1866941)
• R.R., P. et al., 2026. The role of palliative radiotherapy as adjuvant therapy for pain control in pediatric oncology patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Palliative Medicine (10.1177/10966218261463852)
• Goss, S. et al. 2026. Support needs, support use and perceived helpfulness of support in a cohort of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from a longitudinal survey. Frontiers in Public Health 14 1784477. (10.3389/fpubh.2026.1784477)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2026. Shifting to online and telephone bereavement support provision during the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed methods study of bereavement service provider perspectives and lessons learnt for current practice. Palliative medicine 40 (5), pp.617-631. (10.1177/02692163251383324)

2025

• Harrop, E. et al. 2025. “The grief exists in a bubble that the rest of the world doesn't see”: Exploring biographical disruption and meaning-making amongst people bereaved during the Covid-19 pandemic. Social Science and Medicine 384 118518. (10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118518)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2025. Factors associated with higher levels of grief and support needs among people bereaved during the pandemic: results from a national online survey. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 91 (2), pp.904-931. (10.1177/00302228221144925)
• Gupta, M. et al. 2025. Views and attitudes of healthcare professionals on do-not-attempt-cardiopulmonary-resuscitation in low-and-lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMC Palliative Care 24 (1) 91. (10.1186/s12904-025-01676-8)
• Holland-Hart, D. et al. 2025. A qualitative study exploring participants' experiences of the SCOPE2 trial: chemoradiotherapy dose escalation in oesophageal cancer. Trials 26 (1) 70. (10.1186/s13063-025-08768-z)

2024

• Nelson, A. et al. 2024. Chemotherapy decision-making in advanced lung cancer: a prospective qualitative study. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 14 (1), pp.e758-e764. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002395)

2023

• Harrop, E. et al. 2023. Prolonged grief during and beyond the pandemic: factors associated with levels of grief in a four time-point longitudinal survey of people bereaved in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health 11 1215881. (10.3389/fpubh.2023.1215881)
• Edwards, M. et al. 2023. Understanding how shared decision‐making approaches and patient aids influence patients with advanced cancer when deciding on palliative treatments and care: A realist review. Health Expectations (10.1111/hex.13822)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2023. ‘Sadly I think we are sort of still quite white, middle-class really’ – Inequities in access tobereavement support: Findings from a mixed methods study. Palliative Medicine 37 (4), pp.586-601. (10.1177/02692163221133665)
• Alam, M. F. et al., 2023. Infliximab versus ciclosporin in steroid resistant acute severe ulcerative colitis: a model-based cost-utility analysis of data from CONSTRUCT pragmatic trial. BMC Health Services Research 23 226. (10.1186/s12913-023-09233-w)
• Goss, S. et al. 2023. Bereavement during Covid-19: Findings from a UK-wide online survey on the use and perceived helpfulness of informal and formal support during the pandemic. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. Vol. 13.BMJ Publishing Group. , pp.A6. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.14)
• Holland-Hart, D. et al. 2023. A rapid realist review: how shared decision-making approaches and patient aids influence treatment decisions for patients with advanced (non-curative) cancer?. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.25)
• Mazzaschi, F. et al. 2023. Grieving during COVID-19: exploring the lived experiences of people bereaved during the first two waves of the pandemic. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. Vol. 13., pp.A%. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.11)
• Sivell, S. et al. 2023. Protocol to evaluate the implementation of the royal college of general practitioners and Marie Curie Daffodil Standards in UK general practice. Presented at: The Marie Curie Research Conference 2023 Virtual 6-10 February 2023. Vol. 13.BMJ Publishing Group. , pp.A8. (10.1136/spcare-2023-MCRC.19)

2022

• Scott, H. et al., 2022. What should good bereavement service support look like? Findings from pre-pandemic workshop discussions interpreted in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Bereavement: Journal of Grief and Responses to Death 1 (10.54210/bj.2022.1078)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2022. Parental perspectives on the grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: Qualitative findings from a national survey. BMC Palliative Care 21 177. (10.1186/s12904-022-01066-4)
• Selman, L. et al., 2022. Inequalities in access to bereavement support before and during COVID-19: Findings from voluntary and community sector bereavement services in the UK [Abstract]. Palliative Medicine 36 , pp.25-26. (10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Selman, L. et al., 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of voluntary and community sector bereavement services: A cross-sectional survey from the UK [Abstract]. Palliative Medicine 36 (1), pp.23-24. (10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Touray, M. M. L. et al., 2022. Overweight/obesity and time preference: evidence from a survey among adults in the UK. Obesity Facts 15 (3), pp.428–441. (10.1159/000522651)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2022. The grief and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic: parental views from a UK national survey. Presented at: 12th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care Online 18-20 May 2022. Vol. 36.Vol. 1. SAGE Publications(10.1177/02692163221093145)
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. “It was brutal. It still is”: A qualitative analysis of the challenges of bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic reported in two national surveys. Palliative Care and Social Practice 16 , pp.1-17. (10.1177/26323524221092456)
• Selman, L. E. et al., 2022. Risk factors associated with poorer experiences of end-of-life care and challenges in early bereavement: Results of a national online survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative Medicine 36 (4), pp.717-729.
• Sutton, E. et al., 2022. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on bereavement support services in the UK: findings from a cross-sectional online survey and qualitative case studies. [Abstract]. British Medical Journal 12 , pp.A18-A19. (10.1136/spcare-2022-SCPSC.48)
• Goss, S. et al. 2022. Parents’ accounts of the grief experiences and support needs of children and young people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a UK-wide online survey.. Presented at: 2022 Marie Curie Research Conference Improving End of Life Virtual 30 January - 04 February 2022. Vol. 12.Vol. Supple. BMJ Publishing Group. , pp.A6-A7. (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.15)
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. ‘There is nowhere to place the anger’: accounts of bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 12 (Supple), pp.A10-A11. (10.1136/spcare-2021-MCRC.25)
• Goss, S. et al. 2022. Bereavement during Covid-19: Findings from a UK-wide online survey on the use and impact of informal and formal support among people grieving during the pandemic.. Presented at: European Grief Conference 2022 Copenhagen, Denmark 21-23 September 2022.
• Torrens-Burton, A. et al. 2022. P02:57 “Empty and Lost”: The challenges of being bereaved during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Palliative Medicine (10.1177/02692163221093145)

2021

• Harrop, E. et al. 2021. Support needs and barriers to accessing support: Baseline results of a mixed-methods national survey of people bereaved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palliative Medicine 35 (10), pp.1985-1997. (10.1177/02692163211043372)
• Islam, I. et al. 2021. Before the 2020 Pandemic: an observational study exploring public knowledge, attitudes, plans, and preferences towards death and end of life care in Wales. BMC Palliative Care 20 (1) 116. (10.1186/s12904-021-00806-2)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2021. End of life and bereavement experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: interim results from a national survey of bereaved people [Abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 11 (Sup 1), pp.A3. (10.1136/spcare-2021-PCC.6)
• Jayson, G. et al., 2021. VALTIVE1: Validation of Tie2 as a response biomarker for VEGF inhibitors In Ovarian Cancer. Presented at: NCRI Cancer Conference Virtual 2021.

2020

• Longo, M. et al. 2020. Holistic care: the clinical nurse specialist’s role in advanced lung cancer patients. Palliative Medicine 34 (Supple), pp.79-79. (10.1177/0269216320958098)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2020. The impacts and effectiveness of support for people bereaved through advanced illness: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Palliative Medicine 34 (7), pp.871-888. (10.1177/0269216320920533)
• Harrop, E. et al. 2020. Coping and wellbeing in bereavement: two core outcomes for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care. BMC Palliative Care 19 29. (10.1186/s12904-020-0532-4)

2019

• Evans, B. A. et al., 2019. Is fascia iliaca compartment block administered by paramedics for suspected hip fracture acceptable to patients?. BMJ Open 9 (12) e033398. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033398)
• Gregory, J. W. et al. 2019. Effectiveness of home or hospital initiation of treatment at diagnosis for children with type 1 diabetes (DECIDE trial): a multicentre individually randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 9 e032317. (10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032317)
• Jones, J. K. et al., 2019. Rapid analgesia for pre-hospital hip disruption (RAPID): Findings from a randomised feasibility study. Pilot and Feasibility Studies 5 (77), pp.-. (10.1186/s40814-019-0454-1)
• Nelson, A. et al. 2019. Avoidable harm: making decisions about chemotherapy with advanced lung cancer patients. Presented at: NCRI 2019 Glasgow, UK 3-5 November 2019.
• Newman, A. et al. 2019. An evaluation of the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board weekend and bank holiday specialist palliative care clinical nurse specialist service. Project Report.Cardiff: Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre.

2018

• Keen, L. et al., 2018. Use of scratchcards for allocation concealment in a prehospital randomised controlled trial. Emergency Medicine Journal 35 , pp.708-710. (10.1136/emermed-2018-207881)
• Longo, M. et al. 2018. 30 Consensus and consistency: development of a core outcome set for evaluating bereavement support in palliative care [Poster abstract]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3) 371. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.30)
• Morgan, F. et al. 2018. 54 Interventions and support for people bereaved through advanced progressive illness: a mixed-methods systematic review. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3), pp.380-381. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.54)
• Palmieri, M. et al., 2018. 56 Rapid review of dissemination strategies and activities as listed in published protocol papers. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3), pp.381-382. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.56)
• Seddon, K. et al., 2018. 40 Detailing public involvement (PI) within a study of bereavement support services for adults bereaved through advanced illness [Poster Abstracts]. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care 8 (3), pp.374-375. (10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-mariecurie.40)
• Butler, C. C. et al. 2018. Point-of-care urine culture for managing urinary tract infection in primary care: a randomised controlled trial of clinical and cost-effectiveness. British Journal of General Practice 68 (669), pp.e268-e278. (10.3399/bjgp18X695285)

2017

• Evans, N. et al. 2017. Using the nominal group technique to involve young people in an evidence synthesis which explored 'risk' in inpatient mental healthcare. Research Involvement and Engagement 3 16. (10.1186/s40900-017-0069-8)
• Anagnostou, D. et al. 2017. Development of an intervention to support patients and clinicians with advanced lung cancer when considering systematic anticancer therapy: protocol for the PACT study. BMJ Open 7 (7) e015277. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015277)
• Lugg-Widger, F. et al. 2017. Assessing the medium-term impact of a home-visiting programme on child maltreatment in England: protocol for a routine data linkage study. BMJ Open 7 e015728. (10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015728)
• Francis, N. A. et al. 2017. Oral and topical antibiotics for clinically infected eczema in children: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in ambulatory care. Annals of Family Medicine 15 (2), pp.124-130. (10.1370/afm.2038)

2016

• Francis, N. A. et al. 2016. A randomised placebo-controlled trial of oral and topical antibiotics for children with clinically infected eczema in the community: the ChildRen with Eczema, Antibiotic Management (CREAM) study. Health Technology Assessment 20 (19), pp.1-84. (10.3310/hta20190)
• Macbeth, F. et al. 2016. Randomized phase III trial of standard therapy plus low molecular weight heparin in patients with lung cancer: FRAGMATIC trial. Journal of Clinical Oncology 34 (5), pp.488-494. (10.1200/JCO.2015.64.0268)

2015

• Edwards, D. J. et al. 2015. What do we know about the risks for young people moving into, through and out of inpatient mental health care? Findings from an evidence synthesis. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health 9 55. (10.1186/s13034-015-0087-y)
• Hannigan, B. et al. 2015. An evidence synthesis of risk identification, assessment and management for young people using tier 4 inpatient child and adolescent mental health services. Health Services and Delivery Research 3 (22), pp.1-228. (10.3310/hsdr03220)

2012

• Robling, M. R. et al. 2012. The effect of the Talking Diabetes consulting skills intervention on glycaemic control and quality of life in children with type 1 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial (DEPICTED study). British Medical Journal 344 e2359. (10.1136/bmj.e2359)

2004

• Cohen, D. et al., 2004. Resource effects of training general practitioners in risk communication skills and shared decision making competences. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 10 (3), pp.439-445. (10.1111/j.1365-2753.2004.00503.x)